'Below: Many collectors think Appleton engines were green, but Vern found red when he cleaned his 1916 6 HP model, serial no. 5527, and painted it that way. '

'Below: Vern’s largest Gade, a 1928 6 HP engine. It doesn’t have a serial number, although Vern got a reproduction tag and stamped it with a number using the year he got it, number of members in his family, and the like. '

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